Prose Style Memo

In this memo I am required to analyze prior writing and to explain my prose style problems. Should review it by achieving the purpose requirement. I chose one of the longer essays that I have written about “School uniform and violence”. By applying the concepts to support audience and purpose. I will split the memo in four main segments and explaining each. How to be concise, be precise, be direct, and stress emphasis.

Be concise:

To be concise is to write only the words that meet your purpose of writing and the needs of your audience to understand the purpose. That every word in a sentence is necessary in it place. I found many unnecessary used words through my paper. For example, in this sentence I don’t need “on the other hand”. This …show more content…
Another example in avoiding excessive use of verb forms in a sentence “There are a number of factors that are believed to be significant in adopting school uniforms in public schools.”

This sentence should be written as:

“Number of factors believed to be significant in adopting school uniforms in public schools.”

These are examples that avoid confusion, get straight to the point, and being direct to the reader.

Stress Emphasis:

Stress emphasis indicates that the last part of a sentence is the most important to be perceive. Where we place words in a sentence affects how readers perceive the meaning. This sentence is an example of stress emphasis.

“Children who are bullied tend to lose interest in studies as well and this clearly reflects on their report cards.”

This was a good example of stress emphasis because it shows that the problem is children bullying at the beginning of the sentence, and at the end that it shows the stress position on the report